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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 13, 3:28 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 13, 12:05 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 12, 1:55 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
>>>>>> The Loan Arranger wrote:
>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 3:52�am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> The fact that it could all be prophesied does not mean �that God
>>>>>>>>>> approved of it. �It just meant it was going to take place.
>>>>>>>>> You mean he was powerless to stop it? Wow! That must really have chafed.
>>>>>>>> Jesus Christ could have stopped his crucifixion any time he chose to
>>>>>>>> do it.
>>>>>>> "Hey, guys - guys! Just kidding, honest, c'mon, let's get these nails
>>>>>>> out, shake hands, and ... uh, guys? Guys? HEY GUYS, CUT ME A BREAK HERE!"
>>>>>>> TLA
>>>>>> The concept of god is necessary to put a himan face on the reflection of
>>>>>> the mystrious Universe in men's minds, so that when they gaze at it, and
>>>>>> teh only bits they recognize as faintly familiar , are their own
>>>>>> reflections, they don't get frightened to death.
>>>>>> Atheism is for those who have the courage to see it as it really is..
>>>>>> Religion is just the kiddy bedtime story copout.
>>>>> So why is it then that Old Testament prophets were put to death, John
>>>>> the Baptist was beheaded, Jesus was crucified, his apostles suffered
>>>>> martyrs' deaths, religious reformers were burned at the stake, Jews
>>>>> were put in extermination camps, Communist regimes killed most clergy,
>>>>> etc.?
>>>>>   If religion is such a bedtime story, why do so many religious people
>>>>> get killed for their beliefs?
>>>> Probably because they are a bunch of hypocritical liars, like you are.
>>>> Plenty of people die rather than face the truth.
>>>> Anyway, since they are all on the way to a Better Life, they shouldn't
>>>> complain if someone helps them along the way, should they?
>>>> Tell me, as a devout Christian (allegedly: `It's hard to believe
>>>> anything you say) will death be something you avoid, or something that
>>>> is simply going to be the best thing that has ever happened to you?
>>>> If teh latter, would you like a hand?
>>> Death is something that is going to happen.  With regard to the
>>> hereafter, what happens there is bound to be better than what happened
>>> to me in this life.
>> I wouldn't bet on it: If you cant hack this life, you dont have much
>> chance in hacking the hereafter. Perhaps the reason you cant hack this
>> life is you spent it clinging to something that didn't work, because you
>> hadn't the courage to throw away your crutches, and get up and walk.
>> There's a bit about that in the bible as well. But you probably didn't
>> understand that either.
>>
> What makes you think I cannot hack this life?
Your statement abut how hard you found it.
I think you are suffereing from the early stages of dementia.

You are foregetting what you said again.

> Robert B. Winn